Black History is American History: Episode 29 (The Forgotten Story of Seneca Village, and the Origins of “40 Acres and a Mule”)

In this very special episode in honor of Black History Month we drink the iconic Knickerbocker cocktail. The term comes from OG Dutch settlers and refers to an old fashion style of pants. This New York City cocktail was popular in the 1850s, the era and the setting of Tux's scandal.

In this very special episode in honor of Black History Month we drink the iconic Knickerbocker cocktail. The term comes from OG Dutch settlers and refers to an old fashion style of pants. This New York City cocktail was popular in the 1850s, the era and the setting of Tux’s scandal. 
🍸 - The Knickerbocker

ALSO DISCUSSED: Sportsball, who shot JR, Tux’s altered sense of taste, 12 Years a Slave, Peculiar Picture Show, Harry Belefonte, iphone snitchery, Hashtag History, finkin’ it frough, Joni Mitchell, long ass receipts, town of Bushwick, eyelash beads, white supremacist unity, How to Save a Planet, and Soul Fire Farm.

For more info on our episode cocktail: Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker - Drink Recipe – How to Make the Perfect Knickerbocker 
Discover the Knickerbocker, an original cocktail from New York 
The Knickerbocker Cocktail, Circa 1850 – Bottle Pro Blog 

TUX talks about the construction of Central Park and Seneca Village, one of 19th century New York's largest free black settlements. We toast to setting the record straight! 
A look at Seneca Village, the early black settlement obliterated by the creation of Central Park 
Opinion | The Death of the Black Utopia 
Seneca Village: When New York City Destroyed a Thriving Black Community To Make Way for Central Park 
An entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park 
A Village Dies, A Park Is Born 
Wiki - Seneca Village 
Seneca Village: the lost neighborhood under New York's Central Park 
DISCOVER SENECA VILLAGE 
Before Central Park: The Historic Neighborhood Lost to Time 
New-York Historical Society 
Seneca Village - The Excavations 

STEPHANIE talks about “40 acres and a mule” and how the scandal of what happened to this land shows so much of what was possible at this one moment in history and what Reconstruction could have been if this country was about freedom and justice for all of its citizens. We raise a glass to a quote from Nikole Hannah-Jones’s essay in the 1619 Project..
RACE - The Power of an Illusion . Background Readings
Wiki - Tunis Campbell 
American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the Plantation. (Published 2019) 
40 Acres and a Mule: Role-Playing What Reconstruction Could Have Been
Wiki - Special Field Orders No. 15 
The Story Behind '40 Acres And A Mule' : Code Switch 
The Truth Behind '40 Acres and a Mule' | African American History Blog | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Forty acres and a mule: The idea of reparations for slavery is not new – 
Wiki - St. Catherines Island
Sherman's Field Order No. 15 | New Georgia Encyclopedia
Tunis Gulic Campbell (1812–1891)
Take that, Scarlett O'Hara: The tale of Tunis Campbell is the true story of Georgia Reconstruction – Brambleman
Hinshaw: Historic marker does injustice to black preacher
Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1872)
The Real Story of Racism at the USDA 
Booker, Warren, Gillibrand Announce Comprehensive Bill to Address the History of Discrimination in Federal Agricultural Policy

For more info on Soul Fire Farms:
How to Save a Planet | Gimlet 
SOUL FIRE FARM – Ending racism and injustice in the food system 

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